Five Year Plan: Teaching residents in an academic/community hybrid position and spending time in the mountains.

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Being a hostel lifer in South America, that person that works at the front desk for lodging and never leaves. Or journalism.

If you could have a superpower what would it be?: Uploading knowledge Matrix-style

Random Fact: Despite being a competitive athlete in running and rowing for over 10 years, one of the very few times I've taken first place individually at an athletic event was at a hula hoop contest:)

Five Year Plan: ultrasound fellowship, likely academics +/- a little community EM, more traveling for sure!

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: College cross country coach. Or traveling the world. Or, ideally, a mix of both

Random Fact: 1. My cat, Doc, is the best cat in the entire world (this is fact, not just personal opinion); 2. I have an extra bone in each foot; 3). I was adopted from South Korea at 5mos and raised in a loud Italian/Irish family

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentristry

Hobbies and Interests: I love the outdoors. I hunt mostly in the beautiful swamps of Louisiana for deer, squirrel, rabbit, and/or anything with 4 legs. My family also own hunting Beagles that compete in field trails. I mostly fish in my boat around the bays of the Gulf of Mexico catching saltwater fish such as Redfish, Black Drum and Speckle Trout. The flow of the water currents and fresh smell of nature is always calming, even if I do not catch any fish. I model the saying of my grandfather, “a bad day of fishing beats a good day of working!” I am also interested in horse riding/rodeos. Unfortunately, I have not invested into a horse at this moment.

Five Year Plan: An academic EM career in Public Policy or Wilderness Medicine; Having at least 2 of the Seven Summits under my belt (Kilimanjaro and Elbrus)

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Surgery. But why do surgery when you can do EM!?

If you could have a superpower what would it be?: Perfect comedic timing

Random Fact: Through the CIA, we spent $20 million researching "psychic phenomenon" for application to military intelligence gathering. Seriously? (Here's the declassified white paper: https://goo.gl/JQsGGr)

Five Year Plan: Finish my emergency medicine residency, maybe a toxicology fellowship, then settle down and practice emergency medicine in Washington, DC or Northern Virginia.

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Opening my own gym affiliated with a physical therapy group that can be used as a step down from physical therapy with trainers focusing on prehabilitation in addition to general health and fitness.

If you could have a superpower what would it be?: The ability to never get tired or need sleep.

Hobbies and Interests: Late night online shopping, cooking and then eating, Netflix, hiking with my pup Rooney, trying new restaurants, dragging friends to some random festival I found, trying new skincare products that I read about on a blog, anything beach-related, politics.

Favorite Movies and TV shows: Anything on Bravo...or E! Stand up comedy specials, Parts Unknown, The Daily Show, Ugly Delicious. Fave movies are To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and A League of Their Own.

Five Year Plan: I'd like to work in disaster medicine globally, and with the urban underserved locally. I also would like to be heavily involved in healthcare advocacy. And to continue my learning by getting an MPH and a master's in Medical Ethics.

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Trying to become the next Dr. Ruth or a chef/restaurateur.

If you could have a superpower what would it be?: To be able to apparate.

Random Fact: I've driven across the country twice, and I am absolutely terrified of bats.

Five Year Plan: Hopefully to survive residency and pay off some loans. I'm interested in ultrasound, medEd, global health and disaster medicine, so maybe pursue a fellowship of some sort and eventually work in academic medicine.

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Teaching

If you could have a superpower what would it be?: Flying!

Random Fact: 1) I speak English, Arabic and Farsi fluently. 2) I have a habit of memorizing people's license plates and weirding them out.

Favorite Music: A little of everything mixed with the same bands I listened to 10 years ago.

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Family Medicine

If you could have a superpower what would it be?: Stopping time

Random Fact: 1) I was born in South Africa, and my family won the lottery to immigrate here. 2) I’m board certified in Family Medicine, and I love placing IUDs and Nexplanons 3) I have a very handsome and intelligent cat named Biscuit, Destroyer of Worlds.

Hobbies and Interests: Kayaking, working-out, classic nintendo, spending time with my wife and two daughters

Research and Academic Interests: Medical operations and medical education.

Favorite procedure or topic to teach on shift: Airway

If you weren’t doing Emergency Medicine, what would you be doing?: Lead singer in a rock group

Random Fact: I am an Eagle Scout, I grew up in a family of all boys and now have two daughters... I'm just trying to keep my head above water. I also rotated here as a 4th year student, stayed for residency, and was invited to join as faculty! This group is my second family!

Additional Training: EMS and Disaster Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; Master of Science with a Concentration in Crisis, Emergency, and Risk Management, The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Washington, DC